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Mathematics

• Unit 8 Decimals/Fractions
  • 20 place value-hundredths to millions
  • 24 round decimals
  • 32 model decimals
  • 33 compare and order decimals
  • 34 +/- of decimals
  • 35 model x / ÷ of decimals
  • 36 x / ÷ of decimals
  • 37 relationships between common fractions & decimal fractions
  • 38 equivalent fractions
  • 39 +/- fractions and mixed numbers
  • 40 convert and use mixed numbers
  • 41 compare and order fractions
• Unit 9 Plane Figures
  • 47 identify geometric figures
  • 48 examine and compare angles
  • 49 parallel and perpendicular
  • 50 identify quadrilaterals
  • 51 compare quadrilaterals
• Unit 10 Measurement/Angles
  • 59 measure angles
  • 60 half and full rotation

Science

• Sound
  • 13 investigate how sound is produced by vibrating objects
  • 13a demonstrate how sound is produced and how it can be varied by changing the rate of vibration
  • 13b define sound as a form of energy
  • 13c recognize the conditions that cause pitch to vary
  • 13d relate attributes of waves (wavelength, frequency) to sound (pitch, intensity)
  • 13e illustrate how sound travels in a solid, liquid and gas
• Force, Mass, Motion & Simple Machines, Gravity
  • 14 demonstrate the relationship between force and motion
  • 14a identify the nature of work 14b identify and demonstrate forces such as push and pull
  • 14c observe how force and friction affect speed and motion using different sized objects
  • 14d identify and compare simple machines (lever, pulley, wedge, inclined plane, screw, wheel and axle) and their uses
  • 14e explain what happens to the speed or direction of an object when a greater force than the original force is applied
  • 14f demonstrate the effect of gravitational force on the motion of an object
• Ecosystems, Food Chains, Food Webs
  • 15 describe the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem
  • 15a identify the roles of producers consumers and decomposers in a community
  • 15b construct a food chain/food web and explain the flow of energy beginning with sunlight and including producers, consumers and decomposers
  • 15c predict how changes in the environment affect a community of organisms within an ecosystem
  • 15d predict the effect on a population if some of the plants or animals in the community are scarce or too plentiful